Glove-fastener



(No Model.) I

I E. J. KRA'ETZER.

GLOVEVPASTENER.

No. 382,366. Patented May 8, 1888.

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EDWIN J. KRAETZER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB TO THE INTERNATIONAL FASTENING COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

GLOVE-=FASTENER.

SPECIPICATIGN forming part or Letters Patent No. 382,366, dated May a, 1888.

Application filed November 28, 1887. Serial No. 256,308. (No model.)

To all whom it may 00. mm.

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. KBAETZER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand Common wealth of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improved fastener for gloves and other articles in which the buttonmember is a flexible stud and the button-hole member is rigid and inflexible.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which is struck up the stud; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section through the center of the blank when partially struck up. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the stud; Fig. 5, a sectional view of the collet; Fig. 6, a section of the complete button member attached to the fabric; Fig. 7, a similar view of the complete button-hole member; Fig. 8,a sectional view of the twomembers fastened together; Fig. 9, a view look ing up from the bottom of the cup shown in section in Fig. 14; Figs. 10 and 11, sectional and plan views, respectively, of the washer used in the button member. Fig. 12 shows in section the eyelet also used in that member. Figs. 13 and 14 are sections through the cover nd cup, respectively, of the button-hole mem- The stud A. of my improved fastener is pref erably struck up from a plain metal blank of a shape similar to that shown in Fig. 1. The outside ears, I) b,of this blank are then hollowed and the blank bent up, asin Fig. 2. The hollowed portions 12 b are then bent down, forming the flexible stud A, the two springcars b b forming a somewhat spherical head and the central portion of the blank a complete circular flange below the neck, the circular flange being thus integral with the flexible head. A collet, B, Fig. 5, is made with a central hole, a, of suflicient size to slip over the flexible-stud A when the two spring portions Z) I; are pressed The complete circular flange of the stud as struck up from the blank thus furnishes a perfect bearing for the collet B, in the inside of which. it closely fits, thus insuring strength and convenience of manufacture. An eyelet, O, made as in Fig. 12, is then placed with its flange against the bottom of the flange of the stud A, and the collet B closed down and rounded over the flange of the eyelet, thus not onlysecuring the studA and eyelet Gfirmly together, but also holding the spring portions 1) bin position. .The downward-projecting vertical portion 0 of the eyelet Ois pushed through a hole in the cloth or fabric to which the fastener is secured, and through the hole in the washer D, Figs. 10 and 11, having the central portion thereof preferably struck up slightly, as at f. The eyelet Gis then rounded over the washer D into the said struck-up portion f, thus securing the stud firmly to the fabric, as shown in Fig. 6, and insuring at the same time smoothness on the under side of the button member.

The-button-hole member consists of a domeshaped cover, E, provided with a central hole, d, and a cup, F, provided at its top with a straight upwardly-proj ecting tubular portion, e, of a diameter to fit easily into the said opening (1 in the cover-E. This cup is rounded in at its bottom to a diameter just sufflcient to admit the-flexible stud therein when the spring portions b b are-pressed together. The straight portion 6 is introduced through a hole in the cloth or fabric, to which is secured the buttonhole member, passed up through the hole din the cover E, and is rounded out over the top of the said cover E, the metal around the hole d being preferably slightly depressed, as in Fig. 13. The socket or button-hole member is thus firmly held in place on the fabric. The largest inside diameter of the cup F is preferably somewhat greater than that of the flexible stud A in its normal position, so as to contain the stud within it.

The operation of the fastener is as follows: The button-hole or socket member illustrated in Fig. 7 being pressed down upon the button or stud member shown in Fig. 6, the spring portions b b of the flexible stud are forced together, reducing the size of the stud suffifasten the clasp, the button-hole or socket memv stantially as and for the purposes described.

2. An inflexible button-hole member consisting of a cover, E, secured upon the upper side of the fabric and having a central opening, in combination with a cup, F, secured on the under side of the fabric, provided with an upwardly-projecting tubular portion, e, and having an inflexible contracted smooth circular mouth, whereby a flexible button member 20 only may be inserted and held therein, substantiallyas described.

3. A flexible button member consisting of the spring-cared stud A, the collet B, the eyelet G, and the washer D, having the annular 25 central edge, f, substantially as described.

4. In a fastener, an inflexible button-hole member consisting of a cover and a rounded cup, in combination with a flexible button member consisting of a spring-cared stud, an 0 eyelet, a collet, and a washer, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand. V

EDWIN J. KRAETZER.

' Witnesses:

WM. B. H. DOWsE, ALBERT E. LEACB. 

